British adolescent and ingenue actress, onscreen from age 13 in A World Apart (1988).
Jodhi May
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- Has French-Turkish ancestry on her mother's side.
- Made her film debut in the 1998 film A World Apart.
- Won a Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actress which she shared with her co-stars Barbara Hershey and Linda Mvusi for their work in A World Apart.
- Made her directorial debut with the 2002 short film Spyhole, which she also wrote.
- Appeared in a 2002 production of Far Away in Paris which was entirely spoken in French.